idiocracy
nounUK /ˌɪdiˈɒkɹəsi/ · US /ˌɪdiˈɑkɹəsi/
Etymology From idiot + -cracy. The word was coined by the writers of a 2006 movie about the topic, which some have interpreted as presaging, through caricature, the state of the world.
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Government, Politics Humorous A government run by idiots.
- In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the blustering idiocracy of the cable-news stations, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for any important legislation.2010 February 6, Jacob Weisberg, “Down With the People”, in Slate, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2019:
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Derogatory, Slang A society where idiocy is the norm, often denoting the current state of the world.
- Antonyms
- geniocracy
- Derived terms
- idiocratic